------------------------------------------------------------------------------ J E W I S H E L E C T R O N I C C A L E N D A R Serving the Jewish Community of Columbia University in New York, NY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Issue #36 FRIDAY, January 28, 1994 16 SHEVAT 5754 FRIDAY 1/28/94 4:49 pm Hadlakat Nerot (Candle-lighting) SHABBAT Mincha, followed by Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv - Conservative Jews at Columbia (CJC): 501 Schermerhorn - Yavneh: Earl Hall Auditorium 6:30 pm Pick up meal cards for Shabbat dinner: Barnard Hall 6:45 pm Shabbat dinner: Hewitt Dining Hall at Barnard 6:15 pm Learner's Service: 302 Earl Hall 7:30 pm Oneg Shabbat: Wien Louge SATURDAY 1/29/94 Torah reading: Parashat YITRO, Shemot (Exodus) 18:1-20:23 Haftarah: Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 6:1-7:6 & 9:5-6 12:30 pm Shabbat lunch: Hewitt Dining Hall at Barnard 4:30 pm Yavneh afternoon services - Mincha: Earl Hall Seudah Shlishit: Earl Hall 5:40 pm evening services - Ma'ariv: Earl Hall 5:51 pm Shavuah Tov - Shabbat ends Havdalah: Earl Hall 8:00 pm PIZMON Jewish A Cappella Benefit Concert: James Room in Barnard Hall. Proceeds go towards PIZMON's outreach trip to sing and teach in Eastern European Jewish Communities ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JSU SHABBAT ANNOUNCEMENTS - JANUARY 28, 1994 We will be most happy to see you when you stop by our office at 105 Earl Hall to find out about all of the following info. SATURDAY, JANUARY 29 - Pizmon will be giving a benefit concert in the James Room at 8:00. Tickets are still available. Egalitarian Chavurah will be sponsoring a short havdalah service followed by a discussion and dessert in the Red Room of the Chapel. For further information please see Kevin Arnovitz. SUNDAY, JANUARY 30 - The second meeting of the Inter-movement dialogue will take place at 4:45 in the Schiff Room. This is an on going dialogue, you need to come this Sunday if you are interested in joining. Please speak with Jill Jacobs or Tova Mirvis if you would like to participate. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 - There will be a meeting at 9:30 in the Earl Hall Auditorium for anyone interested in participating in the Third Annual Yachad Shabbaton for Developmentallly & physically disabled children which will be on February 19. Anyone interested please contact Shlomo Drapkin. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3 - AEPi and the JSU will be sponsoring a wine and cheese benefit in John Jay Lounge at 9:00. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Pizmon, The Bluesberry Jam, and Beatachon will be performing. Yavneh will be sponsoring a Pizza/Seinfeld Party from 7:00-10:00 in Bartholomew Lounge on the second floor of East Campus. If you are interested in running for the JSU Elections, applications for Board positions are available in the Jewish office. Please return your completed application to the Jewish office by 12:00 P.M. on Thursday, February 3. There will be a candidates forum on Sunday, February 6. Elections will take place Monday, February 7 thru Wednesday, February 9. If you are interested in doing Bikur Cholim (Visiting the Jewish sick) at St. Lukes this Shabbat afternoon or any Shabbat afternoon this semester please speak to Israel Kochin (the tall blond guy). All are encouraged to register for one of our 15 Jewish study classes which will be offered by the Jewish office. All levels and subjects are being offered. Classes begin this week. The Homeless lunch program will continue this Sunday at 12:30 in Hewitt Dining Hall. We will be packing and distributing lunches for our local homeless. For further information contact Evan Serpick or Howie Teitleman. The JSU is sponsoring a petition to the Columbia Senate to postpone the first day of classes which currently conflicts with Rosh Hashanah. Please contact Adina Gelb. The JSU is planning to publish a cookbook. Contact Sarah Bronson to help with all aspects of this great project. The Fourth Annual Jewish Collegiate Festival of the Performing Arts is coming SOON. Be on the lookout for details. Purim is coming. If you would like to chair the Purim Party or work on our traditional Chagigah please come to the Jewish Office. Also, you can order Mishloach Manot gifts to benefit the Beit Midrash. Anyone interested in reading the Megillah for Women's Tefillah please contact Adena Shoulson. We have recieved an urgent call from many Hillels in the Los Angeles region who suffered different types of damages from the Earthquake, through out the country students are being asked to contribute whatever you wish to offer some of the Hillels whatever they may need to re-establish themselves. Contributions are being taken at the Jewish Office. The JSU wishes a fond farewell to Andrea Roman, who has been working in the Jewish Office. We wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors. The JSU welcomes Lori Schussel who will be the new Administrative Assistant in the Jewish Office. Shabbat Shalom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you haven't yet signed the petition for the postponement of the first day of Fall 1994 classes, which currently conflicts with Rosh Hashanah, please see the attachment at the end of the Jewish Electronic Calendar! WEDNESDAY is the last day to sign up for Shabbat meals in Hewitt Dining Hall at Barnard. At 8:00 pm is the Wednesday Night Egalitarian Service at the JSU Office in 105 Earl Hall. WEDNESDAY NIGHT LEARN IN Over 150 students fill the Earl Hall Auditorium between 8:30 and 9:30 to study Jewish Texts, Hebrew, etc. You chose the topic, we provide a study partner amd light refreshments. No charge. FRIDAY, February 4, is the Egalitarian Chavurah Service and Dairy Potluck Dinner at JTS! Please RSVP to Tania at 212-678-8871 or sign up in 201 Brush at JTS. Check out the "Jerusalem One Gopher" of Jewish information! Type "gopher jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il" (without the quotes). To view the Jewish Electronic Calendar there, select: " 4. Events/ " Also check out the NYSERNET gopher: "gopher nysernet.org". For a list of Jewish discussion e-mail lists, e-mail the word "list" to listserv@jerusalem1.datasrv.co.il. "notes jewish" is an open forum for Jewish-related discussions, on Columbia's CUNIX systems. If you know of a Jewish event or a rally, post it there. If you add the word "jewish" (without quotes) to ~/.notesrc, cunix will automatically check for new messages in "notes jewish". You can also post there by sending e-mail to "jewish@columbia.edu". Make sure all of your group's Jewish events are included in the next calendar! Events for inclusion in this calendar should be submitted to the Jewish Student Union office by Thursday at noon. Specify that you want your event in the Jewish Electronic Calendar, as well as the printed calendars. Jewish Student Union 105 Earl Hall (117th Street and Broadway) Columbia University New York, NY 10027 212-854-5111 If you have any questions about any Jewish activities in the Columbia area or events on this calendar, please feel free to call or stop by the JSU office. JTS events are coordinated through the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, telephone number 212-678-8839. The Jewish Electronic Calendar (JEC) is a free weekly electronic schedule of the events relevant to the Jewish community of Columbia University. The Jewish Electronic Calendar and its e-mail list are separate from the JSU, its calendars, mailing and membership lists. Although the JSU Shabbat announcements are provided through the cooperation of the JSU staff, the JEC is published for free as a public service to the Jewish community, and receives no funding. I welcome any volunteers, funding, and ideas about the future direction of the Jewish Electronic Calendar. With more support, it might be possible to prepare the calendar sooner, publish some copies on paper, offer mailbox distribution, and include more information or, perhaps, a D'var Torah for the week or an electronic mailing of Columbia Perspectives magazine. Let me know what you think and, especially, if you can help out! The Jewish Electronic Calendar needs YOU to help gather information, prepare, edit, and distribute the Calendar. If you would like to see something new in this publication, make it happen! Learn computer skills and help out your community. YOUR help is needed! Please email mig@columbia.edu or call 222-2718. Corrections and comments on its format should be sent to mig@columbia.edu. All comments for discussion should be sent to jewish@columbia.edu, or posted directly to "notes jewish". Be sure to include your name and e-mail address in all messages. Subscribe to the free e-mail distribution of the calendar by sending your request to mig@columbia.edu. The calendar is also posted on "notes jewish" on Columbia's CUNIX systems, and on ColumbiaNet under "4: Calendar, Events & Schedules" (telnet columbianet.columbia.edu). If you are using a Barnard free e-mail account, don't forget to send e-mail outside of Barnard's network via the "Internet gateway". For example, e-mail to mig@columbia.edu should be addressed to: internet mig I hope you enjoyed this edition of the Jewish Electronic Calendar. Shabbat shalom! Meir Israel Green ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From "Eric Jaron Stieglitz " Tue Jan 25 21:33:38 1994 Subject: please forward to jec The following is a petition being circulated to various people at Columbia. Anyone supporting moving the first day of classes for Fall '94 should go to the Jewish Office in Earl Hall to sign this petition or seek out one of numerous people who have copies (including myself). Those wishing to read Rabbi Sheer's letter which details his proposal should go to the Jewish Office in the basement of Earl Hall or find someone who has a copy of the petition. Note that during Fall '93 the last day of exams was also on the 23rd of December. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Karl Kroeber Chair, Education Committee Columbia University Senate 406 Low Dear Dr. Kroeber, We the undersigned students and faculty of Barnard and Columbia Colleges support Rabbi Charles Sheer's proposal to begin the 1994-1995 academic year on Thursday, September 8, and complete fall exams on Friday, December 23. This will permit Jewish students to exercise their rights to celebrate Rosh Hashanah and will allow the proposed calendar to not be significantly disrupted. We appreciate your time and consideration and look forward to your cooperation. Sincerely, Barnard and Columbia students and faculty